23 m. ago OBR chief resigns after report blames leadership for Budget blunder

A damning report into last week’s Budget leak said the error was the worst failure in the OBR’s 15-year history

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30 m. ago OBR chief Richard Hughes resigns amid growing chaos over Budget as PM defends Chancellor

Treasury minister James Murray told the Commons that the Government backs a ‘deeper forensic investigation’ into previous Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) disclosures

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37 m. ago Lying Rachel finds her 'fall guy': OBR chief who exposed Chancellor's lies QUITS over shambolic leak of Budget 

In a letter to the Chancellor and the House of Commons' Treasury Committee on Monday, Mr Hughes said he was taking 'full responsibility' for the embarrassing error.

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43 m. ago OBR chairman resigns after damning report into leak of Reeves’ Budget

The report said the leak was ‘the worst failure in the 15-year history of the OBR’

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45 m. ago OBR chairman resigns after leak of Budget and 'worst mishap' in body's history

Richard Hughes said he was resigning to allow the OBR to “quickly move on from this regrettable incident”.

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74 m. ago OBR boss Richard Hughes quits after chaotic leak of Budget documents

The Office for Budget Responsibility boss said he would take full responsibility for the blunder, which saw key details released an hour before Rachel Reeves stood up

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77 m. ago OBR chair quits after inquiry into early release of Reeves’s budget

Richard Hughes departs after investigation into how official forecaster accidentally published budget 40 minutes earlyRichard Hughes, the chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, has quit after the findings of an urgent inquiry by the watchdog into how it inadvertently published Rachel Reeves’s budget 40 minutes early.Hughes wrote to the chancellor and to Meg Hillier, the chair of the Treasury select committee, last week to apologise after the OBR uploaded its documents setting out the details of the budget before Reeves began to speak on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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84 m. ago OBR Budget blunder had happened before, damning report reveals

The report says ‘ultimate responsibility’ rests with the leadership of the OBR, raising major questions for the watchdog’s chair Richard Hughes

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98 m. ago OBR must ‘change completely’ how sensitive reports published after Budget leak

A review of the watchdog’s processes for publishing has been recommended.

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1 hour ago Reeves might not be the only one who made a fortune from the Budget! OBR leaks could have been happening for YEARS as one user 'was waiting for document to appear'

The possibility was raised by a probe into the extraordinary episode that saw Rachel Reeves' package published 45 minutes before she started speaking last week.

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1 hour ago OBR chief on the brink as minister suggests buck for Budget leak stops with him

Treasury minister James Murray told the Commons that the government would be considering the 'serious' findings of a report into the episode.

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2 h. ago OBR could have been leaking Budget documents early for YEARS as tech blunder is blamed

The possibility was raised by a probe into the extraordinary episode that saw Rachel Reeves' package published 45 minutes before she started speaking last week.

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2 h. ago OBR says inadvertent budget leak is ‘worst failure’ in its 15

Investigation finds organisation’s leadership over many years was to blame for error, and similar breach happened earlier this yearPolitics live –latest updatesBritain’s budget watchdog has said the early leak of its budget documents before Rachel Reeves made her speech was the “worst failure” in its 15-year history as it emerged a similar breach had occurred earlier this year.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said an investigation had found that the leadership of the organisation, over many years, was to blame for the early release of its Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) document online nearly an hour before Reeves’s address last Wednesday. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago OBR report says Budget leak error also led to early Spring Statement access

Probe labels premature publication ‘worst failure’ in fiscal watchdog’s 15-year history

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2 h. ago OBR must ‘change completely’ how it publishes sensitive reports after Budget leak

A review of the watchdog’s processes for publishing has been recommended.

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2 h. ago Watchdog reveals reasons behind blunder that saw Budget details released early

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) released key details of the Budget more than half an hour before Rachel Reeves stood up to deliver her speech to Parliament last week

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3 h. ago Starmer’s priorities have changed. He needs to be honest about why

The prime minister’s claim that he always wanted to scrap the two-child benefit cap will cast doubt on his attempt to reassure voters – and his own cabinet colleagues – that he and the chancellor told the truth about tax rises, writes political editor David Maddox

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4 h. ago OBR chief could be forced to quit TODAY as Starmer swipes at 'serious error' after Budget leak and revelations over when it told Treasury there was no hole in public finances

Keir Starmer used a press conference to jibe at the 'significant error' over the Budget leak and question the judgment of the independent body.

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5 h. ago FBI ‘is rudderless ship’ with director Kash Patel ‘in over his head’, damning report by agents claims

Agents have shared a scathing assessment on Patel’s first six months in office, after the president denied claims he is thinking of replacing him

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5 h. ago Starmer raises pressure on head of OBR by saying budget leak was ‘serious error’

PM says he is ‘very supportive’ of spending watchdog but breach was a ‘massive discourtesy’ to parliamentUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has increased pressure on the head of the government’s spending watchdog over the budget leak by saying that while he was “very supportive” of the institution, a “serious error” had been made.The prime minister said the breach of market-sensitive information, shortly before Rachel Reeves delivered her statement last week, was a “massive discourtesy” to parliament. Continue reading...

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